Photo: QRC Award Winners
New Chairman, Rob Gillham, hosted the very well attended presentation night, saying, “It was so lovely to see you all there, and it was a privilege to hand out all of those well-earned and justified awards.”
Congratulations and well done to the following award winners:
5k Handicap
- 3rd= Lisa Bowerbank & Rob Dent
- 2nd Julie Bell
- 1st Diane Lockhart
Special Merit No 1
- Dawn Richardson for achieving an age grading of 86.71%, the highest of any Quaker
10k Leagues
- League 9 Lee Morris
- League 8 Wendy Noble
- League 7 Helen Clarke
- League 6 Graham Park
- League 5 April Corbett
- League 4 Dave Whittle
- League 3 Rob Gillham
- League 2 Rob Dent
- League 1 Dave Jones
Cross Country
- Female – Lin Gossage (also presented with NYSD medal)
- Male – Ray Reed
Special Merit Award No 2
- Claire Chapman for completing 50 crossings of the Lyke Wake
Track
- Viv Hardwick
Trail Handicap
- 3rd – Dale Chapman
- 2nd – Rob Dent
- 1st – Dave Jones
Newcomer of The Year
- Paul Cockburn
Special Merit Award No 3
- Lisa Alderson for her work with our charity of the year
The One That Slipped Through the Net
- Sharon Carr
Outgoing Chairman’s Award
- April Corbett for her work as club statistician
Club Championship
- 3rd – Rob Gillham
- 2nd – Dave Jones
- 1st – Marc Ellis
Hillary Joyeux Trophy
- Lou Trainor
Neil Harrington Award
- Stephen Moore
Special Merit Award No 4
- Emily Beaumont for running 2000 days consecutively
Cats-Arse Trophy
- Darren Alderson
Senior Female of the Year
- Emily Beaumont
Senior Male of the Year
- James Atkinson
Veteran Female of the Year
- Lou Trainor
Veteran Male of the Year
- Viv Hardwick
Most Improved Female
- Diane Lockhart
Most Improved Male
- Rob Gillham
Female Athlete of the Year
- Lou Trainor
Male Athlete of the Year
- Marc Ellis
Incoming Chairman’s Award
- Marc Ellis for all his work as Chairman of the club. Marc was presented with only the 2nd ever lifetime membership of the club.
Afterwards, it was time to swap trainers for dancing shoes and a bucket collection raised £83.10 towards the club’s charity, Darlington and Durham MS Society.